#218B96#218B96

#218B96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B96
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -24.78, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 28.58, 209.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.0828 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.092 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3624, 20.9887, 32.0898)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B96 #962C21

analogous

#219666 #218B96 #215096

triadic

#218B96 #96218B #8B9621

tetradic

#218B96 #662196 #962C21 #509621

square

#218B96 #662196 #962C21 #509621

split-complementary

#218B96 #962150 #966621

monochromatic

#0B2E32 #165D64 #218B96 #2CB9C8 #57CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#218B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#218B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B96

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B96	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adb4',
    500: '#218b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b96;
$custom-light: #71adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58474,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B96

secondary

#BE5F55

accent

#5041E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B96

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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